Position Description

Join us and you’ll discover a chance to truly help others live healthier lives while enjoying the compensation and benefits you would expect from a Fortune 6 industry leader.

How about an added bonus of help with paying down your student loans? Nurse Practitioners hired into Traveler roles are eligible to receive a sign on bonus OR a reduced sign-on bonus plus three years of student loan repayment assistance through our Student Loan Repayment (SLR) program. This could mean up to an additional $40K in benefits to you as well as the opportunity to pay down your student loan faster!

**PLEASE NOTE** The sign on bonus and/or Loan Repayment is available to external candidates. Candidates who are currently working for a UnitedHealth Group, UnitedHealthcare or a related entity in a full time, part time, or per diem basis (“Internal Candidates”) are not eligible to receive a sign on bonus or Loan Repayment unless they are newly moving to this role Traveling Nurse Practitioner (job code HCD116)

Serving millions of Medicare and Medicaid patients, Optum is the nation's largest health and wellness business and a vibrant, growing member of the UnitedHealth Group family. We're also the career home for Nurse Practitioners who bring compassion and passion, energy and focus to their work every day.

Do you have compassion and a passion to help others? Transforming healthcare and millions of lives as a result starts with the values you embrace and the passion you bring to achieve your life's best work.(sm)

The statewide travel Nurse Practitioner provides in-home assessments on qualified Medicare Advantage members, Community and State member and several other plans. The statewide Travel Nurse Practitioner will be deployed outside of their home market.

The State traveler role covers the state of South Carolina

Primary Responsibilities:

Travel up to 100%; regions are identified and updated based on business needs

Conduct in-home assessments on health plan members

Identify diagnoses to be used in care management and active medical management

Formulate a list of current and past medical conditions using clinical knowledge, judgment and current findings

Communicate gaps in care to member’s PCP

Identify referral needs

Identify urgent and emergent situations for proper intervention

Educate members on topics related to health conditions and promotion

Compliance with all HIPAA regulations and maintain security of protected health information (PHI)

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Required Qualifications:

FNP, GNP, ANP, board certified or eligible with an active, unencumbered licensure free any open / unresolved disciplinary actions including probation or restrictions against privilege to practice

Access to reliable transportation that will enable you to travel to client and/or patient sites within a designated area

Proficient with electronic medical records and the internet

Ability to lift 30 pound bag in and out of care and up and down stairs as needed

Ability to navigate stairs and a variety of dwelling conditions and configurations

Ability to sit, stand and kneel as needed to perform physical assessment

Strong communication skills with the geriatric or Medicare population

Preferred Qualifications:

3+ years of experience in a clinical setting

Home Health Care or Nursing Home experience

Detailed oriented; dependable and reliable

Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make health care work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world's large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.(sm)

*All Telecommuters will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy.*

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Employee StatusRegular

ScheduleFull-time

Job LevelIndividual Contributor

ShiftDay Job

TravelNo

Telecommuter PositionNo

Overtime StatusExempt

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